Tips for Eating Out on a Low Carbohydrate Plan

It’s tough enough planning what to eat at home so what should we do when we leave the house?  PLAN, PLAN, PLAN!

• The more you prepare ahead of time, the fewer choices there will be to tempt you.  Often restaurants will post their menus on-line.  You could also visit the restaurant ahead of time and ask to see the menu.
• Try going to restaurants that have easy low carbohydrate food choices where foods such as steak and salad come separately.  The more ingredients a meal has the more difficult it is to figure out.
• Look for fairly plain meat with vegetables and /or salad.
• Ask for extra veggies instead of potato or fries and always substitute salad and veggies for sides like fries and macaroni salad.
• Pick a sandwich that looks good and ask for the “innards’ to be placed on a salad instead.
• Order a burger or steak sandwich without the bun.  Have a salad on the side.
• If a restaurant serves breakfast all day, order an omelet for lunch or dinner and ask for low carbohydrate veggies like spinach peppers and mushrooms.  Have fruit on the side.
• Ask for no bread basket or chip bowl or keep it far away from you at the table.
• Keep away from ordering any fried food.
• If you must, take a small taste of something from your table-mate’s plate so that you don’t feel deprived.
• Order confidently and politely.  Imagine that you are somebody with a medical condition and you can’t eat certain things.  Most chefs are very accommodating.

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